Mathias Menanteau, a French violin maker, works on the body of a cello in his workshop in Rome. After studying and working in England and Germany, Menanteau set up shop in Italy where he builds and restores instruments for notorious musicians.

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A woman releases sparrows as an offering in mourning Cambodia’s former King Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh.

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Activists from the group Animal Naturalis sprawl across the plaza at the Revolution Esplanade Monument in Mexico City to protest bullfighting.

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An Afghan woman begs for alms in the snow as she sits on a slush-filled road in Kabul.

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A Venezuelan soldier, his face painted with the colors of the national flag, attends a military parade in Caracas commemorating the 21st anniversary of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s attempted coup d’etat.

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Syrian man carries his sister to safety after a government airstrike hit their neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria.